Federal Court Blocks Trump Executive Order Denying Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : of S.F. v. Trump, 897 F.3d 1225, 1234- 35 (9th Cir. 2018)
56% : Apr. 25, 2017) (Preliminary Injunction Order), aff'd, 897 F.3d 1225 (9th Cir. 2018).
54% : Last November, I predicted we would see a repeat of this pattern under Trump 2.0.
54% : And as the order that will follow this one makes plain, the Cities and Counties have also shown a likelihood of success on the merits of their Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") claim: the Bondi Directive's order to freeze all DOJ funds is likely arbitrary and capricious, contrary to the Constitution and an ultra vires final agency action under the APA.
50% : Cnty. of Santa Clara v. Trump, et al., 250 F. Supp.
50% : ; Cnty. of Santa Clara v. Trump, et al., 250 F. Supp.
46% : Shortly after taking office in 2025, President Trump issued Executive Orders 14,159 ("Protecting the American People Against Invasion") ("EO 14,159") and 14,218 ("Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders") ("EO 14,218") (together, the "2025 Executive Orders"), the language and purpose of which mirror EO 13,768.
44% : The 2025 Executive Orders' directives to withhold or freeze federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions also violate the Tenth Amendment because they impose coercive condition intended to commandeer local officials into enforcing federal immigration practices and law.
42% : EO 14,218 directs every federal agency to ensure that "federal payments" to localities do not "by design or effect" "abet so-called 'sanctuary' policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation.... Precedent in the Ninth Circuit and the orders of this court show why the Cities and Counties have established that they are likely to prevail on the merits of at least their separation of powers, Spending Clause, and Fifth and Tenth Amendment claims.

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